Sun visor



July 9, 1940. R SCOTT 2,207,227

SUN VISOR Filed July 11, 1938 INVENTOR A TTOR EY Patented July 9,1940

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 1 Claim.

This invention relates to sun visors or sunshades for automobiles.

In recent years automobile body designs have changedconsiderably. Carshave become more 6 streamlined, and the old type sun visor has beencompletely eliminated. Also the front of the car body above the cowl,instead of being built perpendicular to the hood as in the past, nowslopes toward the rear. This places the windl shield at an angle andpermits the entrance of the rays of the sun into the car while the sunis still comparatively high in the sky. This results in discomfort tothe occupants of the front seat of the car both from the standpoint ofheat 13 and the effect of the rays on vision.

It is the chief object of my invention, therefore, to provide a sunvisor which may be quickly and easily attached to the outside of the carto obviate the discomforts mentioned above.-

Other objects are: to provide a sun visor which, although adapted to bemounted adjacent the windshield of the car, increases the windresistance only very slightly when the car is traveling at high speed;and the angle of which may be 28 adjusted from the inside of the car.

A further object of my invention is to provide a visor which not onlyhas these special attributes, but which is also possessed of the usualattributes of simplicity, cheapness of manufacture, and re- 30liability.

The details in the construction of a preferre form of my invention,together with other objects attending its production, will be betterunderstood from the following description when read in connection withthe accompanying drawing, which are chosen for illustrative purposesonly, and in which,

Figure l is a perspective view of the visor installed on a car;

Figure 2 is a transverse sectional view of the visor with the dash,cowl, and windshield of the car shown in dotted lines, and illustratingparticularly the preferred means for adjusting the angle of the visorwith relation to the car wind- 46 shield; and,

Figure 3 is a detailed perspective view of the adjusting lever and itssupporting bracket.

Referring now to the details of construction of a preferred form of myinvention, the visor 50 proper which is designated as a whole by thenumeral 4, may be made of any suitable material. I prefer, however, tomake it of metal with rolled edges, along the front and two sides, andsubstantially in the concavo-convex shape as shown.

The visor is supported above the windshield 5 of a car in the mannershown, its rear edge 6 being spaced slightly away from the top of thecar leaving an air passage between the rear edge with relation to thecar windshield, an L-shaped bracket I0 is secured near the front edge ofthe i8 visor midway between its two side edges. This bracket l0 receivesa pivot bolt II which serves as a pivot for the upper end of a tie rod.l2 which passes through a suitable perforation in the cowl l3 of thecar. The opposite end of this tie rod I2 is pivotally connected in themanner shown to the forward end of an adjusting lever It. This lever I4is pivotally supported from the dash i5 of the car by means of asupporting bracket Hi. The lower end of the bracket 5 extends somedistance 23 below the pivot point I! and carries a thumb adjusting nutand bolt l8. The bolt extends through the lower end of the bracket 16and through an arcuate slot l9 formed in the lever M. Thus the lever l4may be moved to any 0 desired position and the thumb nut l8 tightened tohold it in that particular position.

As shown by the dotted lines in Figure 2 the movement of the lever l4moves the visor about its pivot points 1 to suit the requirements of theindividual car driver. During travel of the car air currents follow thedirection-of the arrows as shown in Figure 2, pass along the windshield,upward, and through the slot between the rear edge of the visor and theforward end of the car. 40 This air passage greatly reduces the windresistance which would be present if the rear end of the visor wastouching the front of the car. I contemplate forming the rear edge ofthe visor in various shapes to fit various model cars. 45

While I have described and illustrated a specific embodiment of myinvention, I am aware that numerous alterations and changes may be madetherein without changing the principle of the invention, and I do notwish to be limited 50 except by the prior art and by the scope of theappended claim.

I claim:

A sun visor for automobiles having an inclined front windshield, saidvisor comprising: a longitudinally arched substantially rectangularshield made of semi-rigid material; a pair of brackets each having asubstantially hook shaped outer end for hooking over a portion of thecar body adjacent each upper corner of the windshield; threaded pivotpins and nuts for same at each rear corner of said shield, each adaptedto co-operate respectively with one of said brackets to pivotallysupport the rear edge of said shield therebetween (in a position spacedaway from the adjacent portion of the car), and to urge each of saidbrackets toward the other, for firmly positioning each bracket againstits respective point of contact with the car body; 8.

ERNEST R. SCOTT.

